Deloitte & Touche Reveals Fastest Growing Technology Companies in Colorado; Winners Experienced Average Revenue Growth of 708 Percent

Business Wire, Oct 1, 2004

DENVER -- The fastest growing technology companies in Colorado were announced today by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP. The Colorado Technology Fast 50 is the only awards program that ranks technology companies located throughout Colorado by revenue growth over five years. The Fast 50 program is presented by Deloitte & Touche, in association with Holme Roberts and Owen LLP and The Denver Business Journal.

"While the current economy is taking its toll on technology companies across all industries, there are companies in Colorado that have shown strong signs of stability and growth," said Steve Yaroch, Technology, Media & Telecommunications Group Leader for Deloitte in Denver. "We salute these companies for their resiliency in the face of tough times, as well as their ability to adapt to the changing marketplace."

Topping the list is Alpine Access, Inc. of Golden with a revenue growth rate of 5,505 percent over five years. Founded in 1998, Alpine Access provides outsourced call center and business process solutions through exclusive use of home-based agents working over the Internet.

Second on the Colorado Technology Fast 50 is ServiceMagic, Inc. of Golden, with a growth rate of 5,500 percent over five years. ServiceMagic is the nation's leading online marketplace connecting homeowners with prescreened and customer-rated residential contractors, real estate professionals and lenders.

Third on the list is Applied Films Corp. of Longmont with a growth rate of 3,241 percent over five years. Applied Films is a leading provider of technologically advanced thin film deposition equipment and service.

Raindance Communications, Inc. of Louisville ranked fourth with a growth rate of 3,044 percent over five years. Raindance Communications provides integrated web and audio conferencing.

Rounding out the top five is Inflow Inc. of Thornton with a growth rate of 2,302 percent over five years. Inflow provides outsourced technology services.

The Colorado Technology Fast 50 winners are as follows:

2004 Rank              Company Name                City          5yr%
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   1      Alpine Access, Inc.                 Golden             5505%
   2      ServiceMagic, Inc.                  Golden             5500%
   3      Applied Films Corp                  Longmont           3241%
   4      Raindance Communications, Inc.      Louisville         3044%
   5      Inflow                              Thornton           2302%
   6      Array BioPharma Inc.                Boulder            2236%
   7      HealtheTech, Inc.                   Golden             1643%
   8      The Murrayhill Company              Denver             1321%
   9      Conduant Corporation                Longmont            953%
   10     Space Imaging                       Thornton            805%
   11     Atrix Laboratories, Inc.            Fort Collins        779%
   12     Intelligent Software Solutions      Colorado Springs    763%
   13     eCollege                            Denver              693%
   14     Level 3 Communications              Broomfield          682%
   15     3t Systems                          Denver              676%
   16     ARC Wireless Solutions              Wheat Ridge         570%
   17     IITC                                Denver              403%
   18     SAN Holdings, Inc.                  Englewood           351%
   19     McDATA Corporation                  Broomfield          340%
   20     Encision, Inc.                      Boulder             334%
   21     Intrado Inc.                        Longmont            283%
   22     EchoStar Communications Corporation Littleton           258%
   23     Rentech, Inc.                       Denver              194%
   24     UnitedGlobalCom                     Denver              162%
   25     Advanced Circuits                   Aurora              152%
   26     Clear Technology, Inc.              Westminster         150%
   27     Time Warner Telecom Inc.            Littleton           149%
   28     ActiveEducation                     Golden              141%
   29     Clear Blue Engineering, Inc.        Westminster         122%
   30     InfoNow Corporation                 Denver              115%
   31     Sirenza Microdevices, Inc.          Broomfield          113%
   32     SIMTEK Corporation                  Colorado Springs    107%
   33     Gold Systems, Inc.                  Boulder             107%
   34     Front Range Internet, Inc.          Fort Collins        101%
   35     FreeWave Technologies, Inc.         Boulder              98%
   36     ACT Teleconferencing                Golden               97%
   37     TeleTech Holdings, Inc.             Englewood            95%
   38     Corgenix Medical Corporation        Westminster          90%
   39     CCX Corporation                     Lafayette            87%
   40     SpectraLink Corporation             Boulder              73%
   41     The NAVSYS Corporation              Colorado Springs     72%
   42     Ramtron International               Colorado Springs     70%
   43     Datria Systems                      Englewood            70%
   44     Clancy Systems International, Inc.  Denver               65%
   45     Decisioneering, Inc.                Denver               58%
   46     BoldTech Systems                    Denver               51%
   47     Cheetah Advanced Technologies       Fort Collins         44%
   48     Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.    Fort Collins         43%
   49     Aspen Systems, Inc.                 Wheat Ridge          42%
   50     CSG Systems International, Inc.     Englewood            36%